Since they swarmed, I have tried to give the new queens new names, but it just isn't working.. They are named for the hives and you'll just have to consider them Lucretia II and Rosamund II, III, IV, etc, down through the generations. Lucretia and Rosamund Prime are in Frank's bee yard and doing well.
These are the Lucretia hive. The bar with the little nublet of comb is the 9th one from the back.
These are Rosamund. The nublet is on the 10th bar from the rear.
There are still a lot of drones in there, but I occasionally see workers hustling them up toward the front. Some of the drones sit very still, hoping to be ignored, I guess. But I don't think it's working.
Wait, wait, once again: does a swarm mean a new queen will be born or whatever the term is? you keep on forging ahead with knowledge and I'm panting behind trying to keep up! so you can end up with no end of queens?
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